Head of Finance

vCluster Labs

33d • Remote

About The Position

As vCluster Labs’ Head of Finance, you will bridge the gap between strategic vision, operational execution, and sustainable growth, owning the financial infrastructure for the entire company lifecycle. You will lead the finance and accounting functions through our next phases of growth, ensuring our fiscal health as we scale and guiding the company through future fundraising rounds.
As Head of Finance, your role will include:
Financial Strategy & Leadership: Build, lead, and scale a high-performing finance and accounting function responsible for driving capital efficiency and long-term financial health. You will own the company's financial operating system.
FP&A and Modeling: Oversee and optimize the financial planning process, ensuring clear success criteria and well-defined forecasts. You will be an expert in planning, reporting, and modeling financials to support strategic decision-making.
Accounting & Compliance: Own the post-transaction financial reality, guiding the company through audits, tax compliance, and month-end closes. You will ensure accuracy in financial reporting while identifying opportunities for efficiency within the P&L.
Fundraising & Investor Relations: Serve as a key partner to the CEO during fundraising activities. You will lead the preparation of diligence materials and financial narratives required to successfully navigate early funding rounds.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the financial voice of the business, providing critical feedback to Product and Sales teams to influence the roadmap based on unit economics and efficiency metrics that have a clear impact on new business and retention.
SQL & Data Fluency: You can write your own SQL queries against the data warehouse to pull the data you need for reporting and modeling, without waiting on an analyst.
Executive Partnership: Serve as the primary financial escalation point and engage directly with the Board of Directors and executive leadership to align financial constraints with ambitious growth goals.

Requirements

• Strong technical depth in corporate finance, accounting (GAAP), and SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC).
• Ability to understand and discuss complex financial scenarios.
• Proven experience going through fundraising rounds, specifically early stages.
• Track record of successful diligence management and investor relationship building.
• Experience leading finance teams in a high-growth startup or SaaS environment.
• Ability to foster a culture of transparency and fiscal responsibility.
• Capability of defining high-level financial strategy for the company.
• Hands-on ability to dive into complex spreadsheets, financial models, and billing configurations.
• Ability to effectively articulate complex financial concepts to a variety of audiences, from engineers to VCs and C-level executives.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CFA designation.
• Experience at a company with an international subsidiary.
• Experience implementing and managing Financial systems.
• Previous experience working with widespread distributed teams in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing finance and accounting function responsible for driving capital efficiency and long-term financial health.
• Own the company's financial operating system.
• Oversee and optimize the financial planning process, ensuring clear success criteria and well-defined forecasts.
• Plan, report, and model financials to support strategic decision-making.
• Own the post-transaction financial reality, guiding the company through audits, tax compliance, and month-end closes.
• Ensure accuracy in financial reporting while identifying opportunities for efficiency within the P&L.
• Serve as a key partner to the CEO during fundraising activities.
• Lead the preparation of diligence materials and financial narratives required to successfully navigate early funding rounds.
• Act as the financial voice of the business, providing critical feedback to Product and Sales teams to influence the roadmap based on unit economics and efficiency metrics that have a clear impact on new business and retention.
• Write SQL queries against the data warehouse to pull data for reporting and modeling.
• Serve as the primary financial escalation point and engage directly with the Board of Directors and executive leadership to align financial constraints with ambitious growth goals.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Platinum-Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life Insurance, including plans for you and eligible dependents (benefits vary depending on country).
• Flexible Working Schedule.
• Workplace Flexibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed